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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : fwupdate (SUSE-SU-2023:4161-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183768

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4161-1 advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected fwupdate, fwupdate-efi and / or libfwup0 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209188

http://www.nessus.org/u?95710569

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183768

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4161-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2023

Updated: 10/24/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfwup0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2023

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4161-1